Email News September 2009
Foreword...
Welcome to the October issue of email news. This month's issue looks at a range of important issues for marine businesses. It includes details of a visit to Southampton by International Trade Minister Lord Davies, highlights of the Kent Skills Festival being held next week and the launch of SEEDA's new refit facility. Read on to find out more...
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Skills and training for marine companies explained - Marine Skills MareNet, Wednesday 30th September 2009...
Venue: Unit 11, Hythe Marine Park, Hythe, SO45 6HE
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Marine South East joins with Italy and Spain to develop coastal renewable energy...
WICO (Wind of the Coast) is a new project that Marine South East and partners in Province of Ravenna Italy and Diputacion Provincial de Huelva Spain have set up to promote renewable energy.
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New project looks at potential new short-sea shipping routes...
Marine South East and the Port of Poole are representing the UK as partners in the recently launched PROPOSSE short-sea shipping project.
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New cross-border project will improve links between business and public sector innovators...
A two year project involving two French partners in Brittany, Marine South East and Plymouth and Exeter Universities, has been launched to explore the role of innovation and knowledge transfer.
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South East cruise ship industry hits high note...
Over the recent Bank Holiday weekend Southampton reaped an estimated £8.5m cash windfall when nine of the world’s largest cruise ships arrived in the city.
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Employers and employees already making the most of new skills database...
A new system set up to match employers with skilled workers facing redundancy has already shown signs of success. Since we reported on this new project from Marine South East and the Farnborough Aerospace Consortium in last month’s email news, the system has already started to match employees facing redundancy with employers looking to capitalise on these potentially wasted skills.
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New workshop on the water for Highbury College...
Highbury College Portsmouth has recently increased its range of boat-building and marine engineering courses and as a result is expanding its facilities to include a workshop situated in Portsmouth’s Trafalgar Wharf, already a key location for marine and industrial businesses.
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British Marine Federation secures key changes to the Marine and Coastal Access Bill 2009...
The British Marine Federation’s (BMF) year long Parliamentary campaign has resulted in key victories on the Marine and Coastal Access Bill.
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September’s PSP Southampton Boat Show 2009 promises to be a visual spectacular...
Record breaking PSP Southampton Boat Show opens in just a few days on 11 September, and already a great deal of time and effort have gone into the preparations for the Show.
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Latest from Marine Industry Leadership Council (MILC)...
In mid-July a two day workshop was held to begin the process of developing a marine innovation strategy and technology road map. This brainstorming session generated a list of market drivers which included headings such as “green shipping”, “safety & security”, “through life support” and “climate change and environmental legislation”. This has in turn been developed further to put together a set of performance requirements from which the technical criteria emerged.
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Marine Inspired Digital Design and Manufacture Seminar, Wednesday 16th September 2009 2-7pm...
Venue: Solent University Main Reception and Lecture Theatres LT1 and 2
